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Golden Gate Bridge builders ate special meals to prevent dizziness
Strong tides, swirling currents, deep water, strong winds and fog — engineers long argued that such conditions meant bridging the Golden Gate was either impossible or prohibitively expensive. But one engineer took a different view. Joseph Strauss was an expert in inland drawbridges, with no experience in large scale projects, yet he submitted plans for a bridge that could be built for a quarter of the generally accepted figure.
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And this diet was?
I'm curious as well
Some very cool pics here! That bridge is so rich with history.